PETROL SUPPLY FAILS
FORCED LANDING IN lIAGLEY PARK fOnited Press Association] CHRISTCHURCH, 20th June. Engaged on its last flight after the air pageant to-day, one of the Canterbury Aero Club’s machines ran out of petrol and made a forced landing in Hagley Park, near the Christchurch Public Hospital, at about 4.30 p.m. No one was injured and the aeroplane was undamaged. The machine was a Monospar, flown by'Mr J. Killian, assistant instructor to the club. Mr Killian had looked at the petrol gauge and found that there were 15 gallons remaining according to the indicator. Shortly afterwards the engine cut out over the city and he was obliged to make a forced landing. The discovery was then made that the gauge had blocked, and that the machine’s tank was empty. Officials of the Aero Club immediately sent petrol to the park and the machine was back at the club grounds by 5.30 o’clock, being brought in with the aid of a landing light.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 22 June 1937, Page 8
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